GAINESVILLE, Fla.— Visitors to the Harn Museum of Art will witness the fusion of traditional Japanese printing techniques with modern European aesthetics through the “Souvenirs of Modern Asia: The Prints of Paul Jacoulet” exhibition. The exhibition will be on view through Feb. 3, 2013.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have helped identify the underlying cause of a genetically derived, potentially fatal reaction to an anti-HIV medication, and have begun creating a less dangerous form of the drug.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida officials are notifying 220 former law school students and applicants who had sought a roommate online in the early 2000s through the Levin College of Law that their Social Security numbers were accessible on the Web.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill temporarily worsened existing manmade problems in Louisiana’s salt marshes such as erosion, but there may be cause for optimism, according to a new study.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Personalized medicine — a concept in which an understanding of a patient’s genetic makeup is used to enhance treatment — has arrived at UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center.

INESVILLE, Fla. — Planets as big as Earth but smaller than Neptune are likely even more common in our galaxy than previously believed, according to a statistical analysis of recent results from NASA’s Kepler mission.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — NASA’s Kepler mission, along with astronomers from Harvard, University of Washington and University of Florida, has discovered a rocky planet orbiting very close to a much larger planet around the same star, about 1,200 light years from Earth, according to research being published online today in Science Express.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have received a $1.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute to examine the role of an inflammation-causing protein in colon cancer development.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Carbon dioxide laser-light “etching” to label citrus fruit may soon be allowed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, following research that shows the process does not make the fruit vulnerable to pathogens or decay.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To energize the youth vote in a presidential election year, the University of Florida’s has partnered with an innovative digital platform — TurboVote — that will allow students and others to quickly and efficiently register to vote or request an absentee ballot online from their local election authorities at .

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida has received a $36,000 grant from the Korea National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage for the conservation of two hanging scroll masterpiece paintings by Korean artists working in the 18th- and 19th-centuries.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida College of Fine Arts and the School of Theatre and Dance kicks off its 2011-12 summer season with the Tony Award-winning play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” which won the New York Drama Critic’s Circle Award of 1962-1963 and a Pulitzer Prize in drama.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A mutant form of a meek microbe deals a gutsy blow to colon cancer, University of Florida scientists have discovered. The special bacteria halted abnormal inflammation, reduced precancerous growths and reversed progression of severe cancerous lesions in the large intestines of mice. The findings appear June 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gainesville residents who live or work in the Innovation District will soon have access to gigabit broadband connections up to 100 times faster than standard DSL or cable services, thanks to a cooperative effort between Gainesville Regional Utilities’ telecommunications network and the .

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida President Bernie Machen announced today his plans to end his tenure next year, saying he expects to continue to lead the university until its governing board completes a search for his successor.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s department of recreational sports was among eight facilities to capture the Tenth Annual Innovative Architecture and Design Award by Recreation Management magazine. The award highlighted the addition of 40,755 square feet and the renovation of 12,546 square feet at the Southwest Recreation Center.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The historic preservation program at the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning has received a $12,500 grant from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training to support research on replacement mortars for historic buildings.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Institute on Aging has been awarded a major grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging that is expected to total $5.2 million over five years. The award, in renewed support of the UF Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, will fund studies to better understand the biological and behavioral processes that lead to physical disability in older adults, and to develop and test disability prevention and rehabilitation therapies.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The nuclear engineering program in the University of Florida’ s department of materials science and engineering was recently awarded an $800,000 research grant by the U.S. Department of Energy.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Cortland Russell, an engineering major from Tampa, and Wen Ji, a graduate student in engineering from Xi’an, China, have been selected as the University of Florida Department of Housing and Residence Education Multicultural Student Award recipients for the 2011-2012 school year.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center, heightened its presence on the Web today, launching a new patient-centric site that serves as a comprehensive source of information about medical conditions, clinical research studies, health care providers and other important health topics.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — John Hayes has been named dean for research of the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. The appointment takes effect July 1.

Christina S. McCrae, associate professor in the department of clinical and health psychology, was quoted in a June 4 Wall Street Journal article about a study that found couples may get health benefits from sleeping in the same bed.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Projects completed this summer to the University of Florida’s wireless network mean an easier, more unified Wi-Fi experience for all Gators, and better security for both end-users and UF’s wireless network.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance and the Center for the Arts in Medicine will host a special Dance for PD training workshop, designed and developed by the Mark Morris Dance Group and Brooklyn Parkinson Group, for dance teachers and movement practitioners. The workshop will take place June 8-10.

Juan-Carlos Molleda , associate professor of public relations, was quoted in a May 29 Orlando Sentinel article about Sanford, Fla., starting a promotional campaign to showcase the city in a positive light after the killing of Trayvon Martin.

Legal-ethics professor Amy Mashburn was quoted in a May 27 Orlando Sentinel article about State Farm auto insurance building a case against Dr. Ara Deukmedjian, president of the Brevard County Medical Society, for allegedly charging “exorbitant amounts” to treat auto-accident clients.

Chris McCarty, director of the Survey Research Center, was quoted in a May 29 Associated Press article about Florida’s consumer confidence rebounding three points in May. The article was the result of a News Bureau news release.